I like to look around the globe as often as I can for AP photos that capture events in the world of Football (soccer). Today's featured photos include Seattle, host of Sunday's 2009 Major League Soccer Cup Final.
The iconic Space Needle, painted in preparation for Sunday's Major League Soccer championship game, is seen Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Seattle. The top of the Space Needle bears 15-foot tall logos of the MLS and competing teams Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake and a partial likeness of the MLS Cup soccer ball. Rainy weather has so far kept the ball from being completed. The game will be played at Qwest Stadium, seen with a white partial roof at right. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
The Seattle Seahawks' football stadium is seen outfitted with a soccer pitch in preparation for Sunday's Major League Soccer championship game, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Seattle. The Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake will play for the MLS Cup. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Algerian national soccer team players, stand atop a bus, as cheering fans gather to welcome their victorious team home, as they celebrate their victory over Egypt, upon their arrival at the Houari Boumediene airport in Algiers, Algeria, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Algeria advanced to the World Cup for the first time since 1986 after defeating Egypt during their World Cup 2010 qualifying match in Khartoum, Sudan. (AP Photo)
Hundreds Egyptian fans fire gas spray during a demonstration in front of the Algerian embassy in Cairo early Friday, Nov.20, 2009 following tension between fans of both countries during the 2010 World Cup in a make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off that Algeria won 1-0 to advance to the 2010 World Cup. Egypt recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations that has sparked violence among fans. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
Mexican soccer player Cuauhtemoc Blanco, left, shakes hands with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon as he receives the National Sport award at the presidential residence in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)
Switzerland's Dejan Stankovic celebrates after he scored against Russia during a quarter finals match of Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, Nov.20, 2009. (AP Photo/Farhad Berahman) The FIFA Beach Final Four.
French police riot officers escort fans of Paris St. Germain as they leave Aubagne railway station, near Marseille, southern France, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 ahead of a League One soccer match between Olympique Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain, at the Velodrome Stadium. Police clashed with Paris Saint-Germain and Marseilles fans after a game was postponed last month because of an outbreak of swine flu in the Parisian team. The teams' fans clashed in Marseille after the postponement was announced about six hours before kickoff on Oct. 25. Nearly a dozen people were injured. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
FC Barcelona's Thierry Henry of France drives his car past a poster erected by an Irish newspaper after a training session in San Joan Despi, Spain, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Henry denied Friday that he was a cheat but said the "fairest solution" would be to replay the France-Ireland World Cup playoff that was decided by his handball. Henry set up the deciding goal for William Gallas by controlling the ball with his hand in Wednesday's 1-1 draw at the Stade de France. The goal in extra time gave France a spot in next year's World Cup. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez) The Henry handball goal is dominating World Football news again today.
Comments
both games should be replayed -
Egypt X Algeria
France X Ireland
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